Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 5 days, 12 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 188–191 | 49.6 | 6 | 1322 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 37 | 81–55 | 59.6 | 5 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 11 | 31–16 | 66.0 | 3 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 7 | 27–6 | 81.8 | 3 | ||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 45 | 70–83 | 45.8 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Vampires | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Clerics | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |